Recreational salmon season opened this weekend, but it hasn't been as successful as fishermen had hoped.Fishermen hit the open waters bright and early in their search for salmon. It was expected to be a good season.Many fishermen said they came up empty-handed.Jayna Schaaf-Da Silva, an environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the weather is playing a big part in that."The winds have been picking up in the afternoon, and it makes it difficult for anglers to troll and catch salmon because when the swell is high, it's just difficult, and they're trying to figure out where the fish are, but they're out there," Schaaf-Da Silva said.Schaaf-Da Silva said not all the fishermen are coming back empty-handed. Some are catching dungeness crab.Crab fishing is open until the end of June, but salmon season only lasts until April 30.

MOSS LANDING, Calif. —

Recreational salmon season opened this weekend, but it hasn't been as successful as fishermen had hoped.

Fishermen hit the open waters bright and early in their search for salmon. It was expected to be a good season.

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Many fishermen said they came up empty-handed.

Jayna Schaaf-Da Silva, an environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the weather is playing a big part in that.

"The winds have been picking up in the afternoon, and it makes it difficult for anglers to troll and catch salmon because when the swell is high, it's just difficult, and they're trying to figure out where the fish are, but they're out there," Schaaf-Da Silva said.

Schaaf-Da Silva said not all the fishermen are coming back empty-handed. Some are catching dungeness crab.

Crab fishing is open until the end of June, but salmon season only lasts until April 30.